In addition to the 16 congregations of Sisters of St. Joseph in the United States, our sisters are in about 57 countries all over the world. Connections are growing between the various federations of Sisters of St. Joseph around the world. Representatives from these federations and from the communities of St. Joseph are already international met in Le Puy, France last October.
As one might expect, the meeting generated a lot of subcommittees and working groups. One of these committees is The "Shared Mission Communications Committee." I’ve been asked to work with this committee in creating a global newsletter for all Sisters of St. Joseph around the world. It’s quite an exciting venture and something totally new to me. We had a skype call yesterday. There we sisters from Italy, Brazil, Canada, and the United States on the call. Luckily, I get to do the fun part of designing the publication. The others are going to submit the articles and translate them into six [yes six!] different languages to be distributed to sisters all over the world.
This is just one more reason I love my ministry. The scope of the work seems endless. It’s as local as the person next to me, as regional as the Atlantic Federation meeting I went to last Saturday, and as global as this newsletter that is beginning to take shape.
As one might expect, the meeting generated a lot of subcommittees and working groups. One of these committees is The "Shared Mission Communications Committee." I’ve been asked to work with this committee in creating a global newsletter for all Sisters of St. Joseph around the world. It’s quite an exciting venture and something totally new to me. We had a skype call yesterday. There we sisters from Italy, Brazil, Canada, and the United States on the call. Luckily, I get to do the fun part of designing the publication. The others are going to submit the articles and translate them into six [yes six!] different languages to be distributed to sisters all over the world.
This is just one more reason I love my ministry. The scope of the work seems endless. It’s as local as the person next to me, as regional as the Atlantic Federation meeting I went to last Saturday, and as global as this newsletter that is beginning to take shape.
At the U.S. Federation website, http://www.sistersofsaintjosephfederation.org/ you can scroll down and link to the other federations around the world.
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